Instructions for transferring salary of civil servants and public employees when changing jobs

Accordingly, the Circular amends Clause 8, Section III, Circular No. 79/2005/TT-BNV as follows:

“8. The person holding a title or position at an enterprise that is a single-member limited liability company in which the State holds 100% of the charter capital or the person representing the State capital holding a management position at an enterprise (generally referred to as the person holding the management position of a corporation, general company, or company) is elected, recruited, or appointed in accordance with the provisions of law to work as a cadre, civil servant, or public employee in State agencies or public service units. If under the management of the Politburo or the Secretariat, the salary shall be arranged according to the instructions of the Central Organization Committee; in the remaining cases, the salary shall be arranged as follows:

a) Salary classification for senior specialist or civil servant, professional title of public employee equivalent to senior specialist (generally referred to as senior specialist or equivalent):

Those who have had a period of time ranked at the senior expert level or equivalent or meet all three of the following conditions will be considered for the senior expert level or equivalent: 1- Holding a management position of a corporation or general company elected, recruited, or appointed to a position in a central agency with a leadership allowance coefficient of 1.0 or higher or a position in a province or centrally-run city with a leadership allowance coefficient of 0.9 or higher; 2- Having paid compulsory social insurance for a job requiring a university degree for at least 16 years (if there is a period of interruption without receiving a one-time social insurance benefit, it will be accumulated), including the time holding a management position of a corporation, general company, or company for at least 10 years; 3 - The social insurance salary coefficient of the management position of the group or corporation has been classified according to the Government's regulations, except for the leadership position allowance coefficient of the position expected to be elected, recruited, or appointed, which is equal to or greater than the salary coefficient of level 1 of the senior specialist rank or equivalent.

Salary arrangement is carried out as follows: In case there has been enough time for salary arrangement at the senior specialist level or equivalent, then based on the time of enjoying the salary level at that senior specialist level or equivalent and the time holding the management position of the group, corporation, or company, to arrange to a higher salary level or calculate the seniority allowance exceeding the salary scale (if any) according to the regular salary increase regime, seniority allowance exceeding the salary scale of the senior specialist level or equivalent...

b) Salary classification of senior specialist or civil servant, professional title of public employee equivalent to senior specialist (generally called senior specialist or equivalent):

Those who have had a period of time ranked at the senior specialist level or equivalent or meet all three of the following conditions will be considered for salary ranking at the senior specialist level or equivalent: 1- Currently holding the position of manager of a corporation, general corporation, or company elected, recruited, or appointed to a position in a central agency with a leadership position allowance coefficient of 0.8 or higher or a position in a province or centrally-run city with a leadership position allowance coefficient of 0.7 or higher; 2- Have paid compulsory social insurance for jobs requiring a university degree for at least 10 years (if there is a period of interruption without enjoying the one-time insurance regime, it will be accumulated), including the time holding the position of manager of a corporation, general corporation, or company for at least 5 years; 3- The social insurance salary coefficient of the management position of the corporation, general company, or company has been classified according to Government regulations, except for the leadership position allowance coefficient of the position expected to be elected, recruited, or appointed, which is equal to or greater than the salary coefficient of level 1 of the senior specialist rank or equivalent.

Salary arrangement is carried out as follows: In case there has been a period of salary arrangement at the main specialist level or equivalent, the time of enjoying the salary level at that main specialist level or equivalent and the time holding the management position of the group, corporation, or company will be used to arrange for a higher salary level or calculate the seniority allowance exceeding the salary scale (if any) according to the regular salary increase regime, the seniority allowance exceeding the salary scale of the main specialist level or equivalent.

c) The remaining cases are classified as specialist salary grade or civil servant grade, and the professional title of civil servant is equivalent to the specialist grade.

This Circular takes effect from December 5, 2018.